2025 World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships

For the women's tournament, see 2025 World Aquatics Women's U20 Water Polo Championships.

2025 World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–21 June 2025
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Goals scored	1,709 (27.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vlaho Pavlić (30 goals) [1] [2]
Awards
Best player	Ryder Dodd
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The 2025 World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships was the 23rd edition of the biannual water polo world championship for under-20 men's national teams. The tournament was played in Zagreb, Croatia, from 14 to 21 June 2025. ^[3] Hungary were the defending champions but lost to United States in the semifinals.

Spain won their fourth title, as they defeated the United States in the final, 14–11. ^[4]

Teams

Africa   South Africa

Americas   Argentina   Brazil   Canada   Colombia   United States

Asia   China   Iran   Kazakhstan   Singapore

Europe   Croatia (hosts)   Greece   Germany   Hungary   Italy   Montenegro   Serbia   Spain

Oceania   Australia   New Zealand

Venue

The venue is the Bazen Mladost in Zagreb. ^[5]

Zagreb		Zagreb
		Bazen Mladost
		Capacity: 1,500 [6]

Format

The 20 teams were divided into two divisions. The top eight teams made Division 1 and the other twelve teams Division 2. Division 1 were split into two groups of four teams while Division 2 was split into four groups of three. The top two teams from each group of Division 1 advanced directly to the quarterfinals, while the other two teams from each group played against one of the group winners from each group in Division 2 in the crossover round. Starting with quarterfinals onward, the regular knock-out system was used.

Referees

On 30 April 2025, the following referees were announced as officiating the championship. ^[7]

Region Country Referees Africa   Egypt Hatem Gaber   South Africa Lucky Letshabo Americas   Argentina Jorge Agustin Pinski   Brazil Felipe Giroldo   Canada Martin Murray   Colombia Jorge Patino Rincon   United States Levon Dermendjian Asia   China Yang Pang   Iran Shahrooz Sharifian   Kazakhstan Viktor Salnichenko   Singapore Jeremy Cheng

Region Country Referees Europe   Croatia Ante Bura   Greece Georgios Polychronopoulos   Georgia Levan Berishvili   Germany Ralf Mueller   Hungary Soma Kovacs   Italy Alessandro Severo   Montenegro Veselin Miskovic   Serbia Rastko Prlic   Spain Alex Marquez Mas Oceania   Australia Daniel Sava Bartels   New Zealand David Couper

Group stage

The draw took place on 14 April 2025. ^[8]

Division 1

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	46	33	+13	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	0	0	1	45	39	+6	6
3	United States	3	1	0	0	2	38	42	−4	3	Crossover 2
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	0	3	34	49	−15	0

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

14 June 2025 16:30	Report	Hungary	18–10	Montenegro	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Rastko Prlic (SRB),Ralf Mueller (GER)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 7–2, 4–3, 3–2
		Leinweber 5	Goals	Stupar, Janovic 3

14 June 2025 18:00	Report	United States	10–19	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Georgios Polychronopoulos (GRE), Daniel Sava Bartels (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 2–2, 1–6, 3–5
		Dodd 4	Goals	Jerkovic 5

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15 June 2025 16:30	Report	United States	12–13	Hungary	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alex Marquez Mas (ESP), Felipe Giroldo (BRA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–1, 2–6, 4–4
		Dodd, Carcarey 3	Goals	Lugosi 3

15 June 2025 18:00	Report	Croatia	15–14	Montenegro	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 2–2, 5–5, 3–2
		Pavlić 8	Goals	Markovic 4

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16 June 2025 16:30	Report	United States	16–10	Montenegro	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Alex Marquez Mas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–1, 3–3, 4–1
		Schneider 4	Goals	Perov, Markovic 2

16 June 2025 18:00	Report	Hungary	15–11	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 3–2, 3–5, 5–3
		Balogh 4	Goals	Pavlić 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	48	43	+5	9	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	1	1	0	1	48	46	+2	5
3	Greece	3	1	0	1	1	46	47	−1	4	Crossover 2
4	Italy	3	0	0	0	3	43	49	−6	0

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 June 2025 15:00	Report	Greece	19–18	Italy	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Soma Kovacs (HUN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–2, 6–4, 4–8
		Bitsakos 5	Goals	Gullotta 5

14 June 2025 19:30	Report	Serbia	13–14	Spain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Veselin Miskovic (MNE), Lucky Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–4, 5–3, 2–5
		Krstic 5	Goals	Porcar, Faiges 3

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15 June 2025 15:00	Report	Greece	20–21	Serbia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ante Bura (CRO), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 6–2, 2–3, 3–3
		Georgaras 5	Goals	Krstic 5

15 June 2025 19:30	Report	Italy	13–16	Spain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Levon Dermendjian (USA), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 4–3, 3–7
		Marini 4	Goals	Aguirre 5

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16 June 2025 15:00	Report	Serbia	14–12	Italy	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Levon Dermendjian (USA), Soma Kovacs (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 4–3, 5–2, 1–2
		Gladovic 3	Goals	Cora 4

16 June 2025 19:30	Report	Greece	17–18	Spain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Daniel Sava Bartels (AUS), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 5–5, 4–2, 5–6
		Spachits 5	Goals	Aguirre 7

Division 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	0	48	10	+38	6	Crossover 1
2	Brazil	2	1	0	0	1	34	24	+10	3	Classification round
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	7	55	−48	0

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 June 2025 08:00	Report	Brazil	25–6	South Africa	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinkski (ARG), Martin Murray (CAN)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 4–3, 7–1, 7–0
		Wulfhorst 6	Goals	Field 2

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15 June 2025 12:30	Report	Germany	30–1	South Africa	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Patino Rincon (COL), Martin Murray (CAN)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 11–0, 5–0, 11–0
		Janke 4	Goals	Garreau 1

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16 June 2025 11:00	Report	Brazil	9–18	Germany	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Georgios Polychronopoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–3, 2–4, 3–6
		Wulfhorst 3	Goals	Taubert 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	0	31	22	+9	6	Crossover 1
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	0	1	21	27	−6	3	Classification round
3	New Zealand	2	0	0	0	2	24	27	−3	0

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 June 2025 09:30	Report	Kazakhstan	12–11	New Zealand	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Jorge Patino Rincon (COL)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 3–2, 4–5, 4–4
		Akimbay 4	Goals	Phillips 3

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15 June 2025 08:00	Report	Iran	15–13	New Zealand	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Daniel Sava Bartels (AUS), Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 3–4, 2–3, 4–3
		Shams 8	Goals	Rodgers 3

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16 June 2025 12:30	Report	Kazakhstan	9–16	Iran	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Martin Murray (CAN), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–7, 3–4, 3–4
		Madimar 5	Goals	Golestanirad 4

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	0	35	22	+13	6	Crossover 1
2	Argentina	2	1	0	0	1	24	24	0	3	Classification round
3	Colombia	2	0	0	0	2	16	29	−13	0

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 June 2025 11:00	Report	Colombia	11–16	Australia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Hatem Gaber (EGY), Felipe Giroldo (BRA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–6, 3–6, 4–3
		Zuluaga Moreno 5	Goals	Zachary 4

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15 June 2025 09:30	Report	Argentina	11–19	Australia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Shahrooz Sharifian (IRN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–5, 4–6, 2–6
		Teijeiro 6	Goals	Stewart, Magasanik 4

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16 June 2025 08:00	Report	Colombia	5–13	Argentina	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–6, 1–2, 2–3
		Arias 2	Goals	Tejeiro, Rivera 3

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	0	0	26	20	+6	6	Crossover 1
2	Canada	2	1	0	0	1	32	19	+13	3	Classification round
3	Singapore	2	0	0	0	2	14	33	−19	0

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

14 June 2025 12:30	Report	Canada	20–6	Singapore	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Shahrooz Sharifian (IRN), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 4–0, 4–1, 7–3
		Marquez 4	Goals	six players 1

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15 June 2025 11:00	Report	China	13–8	Singapore	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Lucky Letshabo (RSA), Ralf Mueller (GER)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 7–1, 3–3, 0–2
		Wanxiang, Ouyang, Cai 3	Goals	Goh 3

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16 June 2025 09:30	Report	Canada	12–13	China	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Rastko Prlic (SRB), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–5, 5–2, 2–3
		Marquez 5	Goals	Y. Yang

Classification round

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	0	46	29	+17	9	13th place match
2	Argentina	3	2	0	0	1	37	36	+1	6	15th place match
3	Singapore	3	1	0	0	2	38	44	−6	3	17th place match
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	30	42	−12	0	19th place match

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

17 June 2025 08:00	Report	Brazil	14–8	New Zealand	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Patino Rincon (COL), Lucky Letshabo (RSA)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 5–1, 4–2, 1–3
		Romanholi, Diaz, Wulfhorst 3	Goals	Keshvara, Schuler 2

17 June 2025 09:30	Report	Argentina	14–12	Singapore	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters:6–5, 3–4, 4–0, 1–3
		Deluca, Tejeiro 3	Goals	Ong 5

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18 June 2025 08:00	Report	Argentina	8–14	Brazil	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Martin Murray (CAN), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–0, 0–3, 5–5
		Teijeiro 3	Goals	Martinelli, Martins 3

18 June 2025 09:30	Report	Singapore	13–12	New Zealand	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Patino Rincon (COL), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 1–3, 5–4, 4–4
		Ong 4	Goals	Rodgers 4

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19 June 2025 08:00	Report	Brazil	18–13	Singapore	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Lucky Letshabo (RSA), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 3–2, 4–3, 5–5
		Diaz, Da Silva 4	Goals	Gom, Ong 4

19 June 2025 09:30	Report	Argentina	15–10	New Zealand	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–1, 6–4, 3–3
		Conti 5	Goals	Rodgers 4

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	53	32	+21	9	13th place match
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	33	34	−1	6	15th place match
3	Colombia	3	1	0	0	2	45	40	+5	3	17th place match
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	24	49	−25	0	19th place match

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

17 June 2025 15:00	Report	South Africa	6–7	Kazakhstan	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–2, 4–4, 0–0
		Smith, Young 2	Goals	Madimar 3

17 June 2025 16:30	Report	Colombia	11–17	Canada	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Shahrooz Sharifian (IRN), David Couper (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–6, 2–3, 4–5
		Jaramillo 4	Goals	Hachem 4

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18 June 2025 11:00	Report	Colombia	21–8	South Africa	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Shahrooz Sharifian (IRN), Levon Dermendjian (USA)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 4–4, 6–0, 6–2
		Quintero, Jaramillo 3	Goals	Young, Flinn, Pearce 2

18 June 2025 12:30	Report	Canada	15–11	Kazakhstan	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Hatem Gaber (EGY), Daniel Sava Bartels (AUS)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 5–5, 4–3, 3–1
		Kharmastov, Hachem 3	Goals	Akimbay 4

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19 June 2025 11:00	Report	South Africa	10–21	Canada	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–7, 3–5, 3–5
		Garreau, Field 3	Goals	Marquez 5

19 June 2025 12:30	Report	Colombia	13–15	Kazakhstan	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–5, 5–5, 4–2
		Zuluaga Moreno 4	Goals	Akimbay 5

Placement matches

Thirteenth place game

21 June 2025 09:30	Report	Brazil	17–8	Canada	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 5–1, 3–3, 5–2
		Wulfhorst 4	Goals	Marquez 3

Fifteenth place game

21 June 2025 08:00	Report	Argentina	14–7	Kazakhstan	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Lucky Letshabo (RSA), Felipe Giroldo (BRA)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 2–0, 3–2, 4–3
		Teijeiro 5	Goals	Akimbay, Madimar 2

Seventeenth place game

20 June 2025 09:30	Report	Singapore	18–21 (PSO)	Colombia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Martin Murray (CAN), Levon Dermandjian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 6–2, 3–7, 3–3   PSO: 1–4
		Ong 6	Goals	Zuluaga Moreno, Olano 6

Nineteenth place game

20 June 2025 08:00	Report	New Zealand	15–16 (PSO)	South Africa	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Shahrooz Sharifian (IRN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 4–3, 3–3   PSO: 2–3
		Phillips 5	Goals	Young 5

Knockout stage

Crossover 1

The four advancing teams from Division 2 played each in a crossover match. The winners of both ties play a fourth place team while the losers play a team that placed third.

17 June 2025 18:00	Report	Iran	6–22	Germany	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–6, 1–6, 3–6
		Shams 3	Goals	Hoffman 4

17 June 2025 19:30	Report	Australia	19–8	China	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Felipe Giroldo (BRA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 9–1, 4–1, 1–3
		Magasanik 5	Goals	Huang, C. Li 2

Brackets

Main bracket

Crossover 2

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

18 June

Australia

6

19 June

Italy

17

Hungary

13

Italy

10

20 June

Hungary

16

18 June

United States

18

Germany

10

19 June

Montenegro

11

Spain

23

Montenegro

9

21 June

United States

11

18 June

Spain

14

China

6

19 June

Greece

27

Croatia

14

Greece

11

20 June

Spain

13

18 June

Croatia

11

Third place game

Iran

5

19 June

21 June

United States

23

Serbia

14 (4)

Hungary

8

United States

14 (5)

Croatia

13

Crossover 2

18 June 2025 15:00	Report	Iran	5–23	United States	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: David Couper (NZL), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 1–5, 0–3, 3–8
		five players 1	Goals	Stanley 4

18 June 2025 16:30	Report	China	6–27	Greece	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Felipe Giroldo (BRA), Soma Kovacs (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–8, 2–6, 2–8
		six players 1	Goals	Angelopoulos 6

18 June 2025 18:00	Report	Germany	10–11	Montenegro	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Rastko Prlic (SRB), Georgios Polychronopoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–4, 1–2, 3–2
		Hofmann 3	Goals	Matijasveic, Nikaljevic, Perov 2

18 June 2025 19:30	Report	Australia	6–17	Italy	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Alex Marquez Mas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 1–6, 1–4
		Tucker 2	Goals	Giacomone, Lo Re 4

Quarterfinals

19 June 2025 15:00	Report	Hungary	13–10	Italy	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alex Marquez Mas (ESP), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 2–2, 5–3, 2–2
		Leinweber 5	Goals	Gulloata, Giacomone 2

19 June 2025 16:30	Report	Spain	23–9	Montenegro	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Soma Kovacs (HUN), Ralf Mueller (GER)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 8–4, 4–0, 6–3
		Flaque, Perrone 4	Goals	Stupar 3

19 June 2025 18:00	Report	Croatia	14–11	Greece	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Levon Dermendjian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–2, 5–1, 6–3
		Toncinic 4	Goals	Chatzis 4

19 June 2025 19:30	Report	Serbia	18–19 (PSO)	United States	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Georgios Polychronnpoulos (GRE), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–5, 3–2, 5–3   PSO: 4–5
		Dokanovic 3	Goals	Dodd 8

Semifinals

20 June 2025 18:00	Report	Hungary	16–18	United States	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Georgios Polychronnpoulos (GRE), Veselin Miskovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 5–5, 3–3, 3–6
		Leinweber 7	Goals	Dodd 6

20 June 2025 19:30	Report	Spain	13–11	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Daniel Sava Bartels (AUS)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 1–3, 2–3, 5–2
		Aguirre 5	Goals	Pavlić 6

Third place game

21 June 2025 18:00	Report	Hungary	8–13	Croatia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Alex Marquez Mas (ESP), Levon Dermendjian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 1–2, 3–3
		Cseh 3	Goals	Penava, Pavlić 4

Final

21 June 2025 19:30	Report	United States	11–14	Spain	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Daniel Sava Bartels (AUS), Veselin Midkovic (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 6–2, 1–3, 3–6
		Ohl 3	Goals	Porcar 6

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	20 June
	Italy	16
					21 June
	Serbia	21
					Serbia	21
	20 June
					Montenegro	14
	Montenegro	13 (8)
	Greece	13 (7)
					Seventh place game
					21 June
					Italy	10
					Greece	12

5th–8th place semifinals

20 June 2025 15:00	Report	Italy	16–21	Serbia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Soma Kovacs (HUN), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 5–6, 5–7
		Giacomone, Tringali, Cora 4	Goals	Novakovic 5

19 June 2025 16:30	Report	Montenegro	21–20 (PSO)	Greece	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Alex Marquez Mas (ESP)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–4, 5–5, 2–2   PSO:8–7
		Janovic 4	Goals	Bitsakos 4

Seventh place game

21 June 2025 15:00	Report	Italy	10–12	Greece	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Ralf Mueller (GER), Rastko Prlic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 1–4, 4–2
		Giacomone 3	Goals	three players 3

Fifth place game

21 June 2025 16:30	Report	Serbia	21–14	Montenegro	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Georgios Polychronnpoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters:6–5, 5–3, 6–4, 4–2
		Kojic 4	Goals	Stupar 6

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	20 June
	Iran	13
					21 June
	Australia	17
					Australia	12
	20 June
					Germany	13
	China	2
	Germany	20
					Eleventh place game
					21 June
					Iran	11
					China	13

9th–12th place semifinals

20 June 2025 11:00	Report	Iran	13–17	Australia	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Jorge Patino Rincon (COL)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 5–3, 4–5
		Shams 4	Goals	Tucker, Magasanik 4

20 June 2025 12:30	Report	China	2–20	Germany	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: David Couper (NZL), Felipe Giroldo (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–8, 0–3, 1–5, 0–4
		Huang, Tang 1	Goals	Simic, Hofmann 4

Eleventh place game

21 June 2025 11:00	Report	Iran	11–13	China	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Soma Kovacs (HUN), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 3–6, 4–3
		Shams 6	Goals	Wanxiang 3

Ninth place game

21 June 2025 12:30	Report	Australia	12–13	Germany	Bazen Mladost, Zagreb Referees: Jorge Agustin Pinski (ARG), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–4, 3–3, 5–3
		Brown, Martin 3	Goals	Taubert 4

Final standings

Rank [1]	Team
	Spain
	United States
	Croatia
4	Hungary
5	Serbia
6	Montenegro
7	Greece
8	Italy
9	Germany
10	Australia
11	China
12	Iran
13	Brazil
14	Canada
15	Argentina
16	Kazakhstan
17	Colombia
18	Singapore
19	South Africa
20	New Zealand

Awards

Position	Player
MVP [4]	Ryder Dodd
Top scorer	Vlaho Pavlić (30 goals) [1] [2]
Best Goalkeeper	Aran Pina

All star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper [4]	Aran Pina
Centre Forward	Semir Spachits
Field Players	Oier Aguirre
	Ryder Dodd
	Apostolos Georgaras
	Oliver Leinweber
	Vlaho Pavlić

Squads

•   Croatia (host): ^[2] Mauro Ivan Čubranić, Mauro Prkoča, Ante Jerković, Maro Šušić, Dominik Obuljen, Gabrijel Burburan, Ivuša Burđelez, Karlo Dragošević, Amar Fajković, Luka Penava, Viktor Tončinić, Vlaho Pavlić, Jakov Ćosić, Mislav Čurković, Jan Bušić. Selector: Zoran Bajić.

References

1. "Bronačana Hrvatska" [Bronze Croatia]. hvs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Water Polo Federation (HVS). 21 June 2025.
2. "Mladi hrvatski vaterpolisti brončani na SP-u u Zagrebu, Vlaho Pavlić najbolji strijelac" [Young Croatian water polo players won bronze at the World Championships in Zagreb, Vlaho Pavlić is the top scorer]. hoo.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO). 22 June 2025. Hrvatska je na Svjetskom prvenstvu do 20 godina u Zagrebu igrala u sastavu: Mauro Ivan Čubranić, Mauro Prkoča, Ante Jerković, Maro Šušić, Dominik Obuljen, Gabrijel Burburan, Ivuša Burđelez, Karlo Dragošević, Amar Fajković, Luka Penava, Viktor Tončinić, Vlaho Pavlić, Jakov Ćosić, Mislav Čurković i Jan Bušić. Izbornik ove reprezentacije je Zoran Bajić.
3. "World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships - Croatia | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics.
4. "Spain triumphant with historic fourth crown". World Aquatics. June 21, 2025.
5. "World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships Zagreb 2025" (PDF). resources.fina.org.
6. "Bazeni Mladost (Plivački i vaterpolo centar)" [Mladost Pools (Swimming and Water Polo Center)]. sportskiobjekti.hr (in Croatian). Upravljanje sportskim objektima Zagreb. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "U20 Water Polo Championships – Zagreb 2025 – WWR – World Waterpolo Referee Association".
8. "Draw results for the World Aquatics Men's U20 Water Polo Championships 2025". World Aquatics. April 14, 2025.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament information PDF